The house provides space for graduate fellows and other highly motivated and engaged students and postdocs to interact with one another, share creative ideas, discover new ways of thinking, and build lasting relationships.

Renovations on Ruby Diamond Auditorium began In April 2008 Ruby Diamond began renovations which were to include a new, expanded, lobby area and the expansion and remodeling of the northwestern wing of the auditorium. The Renovations were finished in...

The Graduate School will host New Graduate Student Orientation on Tuesday, August 18, 2015, in the Ruby Diamond Auditorium, Westcott Building. Orientation Registration will open July 1, 2015. Please contact Dr. Judy Devine at 644-3501 if you have any questions. Your academic department may also provide a departmental orientation. Check with your departmental representative for more information.

Raise the Torch: The Campaign for Florida State is the most ambitious fundraising campaign in University history.With a goal of more than $1 billion, Raise the Torch seeks to implement bold ideas that will continue to distinguish Florida State as a preeminent university and positively affect the future for students, faculty and alumni.

Versatile PhD is an online resource designed to help STEM, humanities, social science PhDs identify, prepare for, and succeed in non-academic careers. Graduate students, faculty, and others have free access to premium resources provided through the University's subscription to Versatile PhD.

The Westcott building was built in 1910 to serve as the Florida State College's administration building by which it was known until 1936. In that year the building was renamed the James D. Westcott, Jr. Memorial Building by then university president...

Doctoral students have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their dissertation topic and its significance. 3MT™ is not an exercise in trivializing or ‘dumbing-down’ research but forces students to consolidate their ideas and crystalize their research discoveries. Registration opens...

FSU's CITI Courses

Florida State University offers several convenient online Responsible Conduct of Research training courses through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program.

The completion of one of these courses satisfies the National Science Foundation's RCR training requirement for all postdoctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students funded by the agency.

Students should complete one of several available CITI courses as determined by their area of study and status as a postdoctoral, graduate, or undergraduate student. Courses specific to the following areas of study are offered: Arts and Humanities, Physical Science, Biomedical Science, Social and Behavioral Science, and Engineering. Students should select the course for the area of study most relevant to their work.

CITI courses consist of seven modules which take about 45 minutes each to complete and seven case studies which take about 10 minutes each to complete. Each of the seven modules is designed to provide basic information and guidelines specific to one of seven major aspects of RCR: Research Misconduct, Data Acquisition and Management, Responsible Authorship and Publication, Responsible Peer Review*, Responsible Mentoring, Conflicts of Interest*, and Collaborative Science*. The case studies are designed to provide examples of how the material presented in the modules may apply to “grey” situations that frequently arise in research settings. A short quiz must be taken at the end of each module and case study. An aggregate score of 80% for all assigned quizzesis required to complete the course successfully. When students complete the course successfully, they will be able to print a “completion report” listing all completed course sections and respective quiz scores.

Graduate students needing CITI registration instructions should see the Scholarly Integrity section of the GradSpace Blackboard organization site. Undergraduates should contact Dr. Judith Devine at jdevine@fsu.edu
for instructions.

* Undergraduate course versions are abbreviated. This Module and associated Case Study are not included in Undergraduate Courses.